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Alameda County [California] Health and Ways of Living Study, 1974 Panel (ICPSR 6838)

These data constitute the second wave of a survey designed
to study the influence of health practices and social relationships on
the physical and mental health of a typical sample of the population.
The first wave (HEALTH AND WAYS OF LIVING STUDY, 1965 PANEL [ALAMEDA
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA] [ICPSR 6688]) collected information for 6,928
respondents (including approximately 500 women aged 65 years and
older) on chronic health conditions, health behaviors, social
involvements, and psychological characteristics. The 1974
questionnaire was sent to 6,246 living subjects who had responded in
1965, and were able to be located. A total of 4,864 individuals
responded in 1974. Questions were asked on marital and life
satisfaction, parenting, physical activities, employment, and
childhood experiences. Demographic information on age, race, height,
weight, education, income, and religion was also collected. Included
with this dataset is a separate file (Part 2) containing mortality
data for respondents who died between the 1965 and 1974 panels, and
information on nonrespondents.

These data constitute the second wave of a survey designed
to study the influence of health practices and social relationships on
the physical and mental health of a typical sample of the population.
The first wave (HEALTH AND WAYS OF LIVING STUDY, 1965 PANEL [ALAMEDA
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA] [ICPSR 6688]) collected information for 6,928
respondents (including approximately 500 women aged 65 years and
older) on chronic health conditions, health behaviors, social
involvements, and psychological characteristics. The 1974
questionnaire was sent to 6,246 living subjects who had responded in
1965, and were able to be located. A total of 4,864 individuals
responded in 1974. Questions were asked on marital and life
satisfaction, parenting, physical activities, employment, and
childhood experiences. Demographic information on age, race, height,
weight, education, income, and religion was also collected. Included
with this dataset is a separate file (Part 2) containing mortality
data for respondents who died between the 1965 and 1974 panels, and
information on nonrespondents.

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Study Description

Citation

Kaplan, George A. Alameda County [California] Health and Ways of Living Study, 1974 Panel. ICPSR06838-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-01-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06838.v2

See the codebook for a listing of publications
related to this study as provided by the Human Population Laboratory.

The machine-readable documentation (which includes the data
collection instrument) is provided as a Portable Documentation Format
(PDF) file.

Methodology

Sample:
A nine-year follow-up of the respondents to the 1965
survey, which consisted of a stratified random sample of Alameda
County households with noninstitutionalized residents aged 21 or
older, or aged 16-21 and older if married.

Data Source:

self-enumerated questionnaires

Restrictions: ICPSR obtained these data from the Human Population
Laboratory under the agreement that the data are for the sole use of
ICPSR and may not be sold or provided to third parties outside the
ICPSR membership, and that these data are not to be used for any
commercial purpose. Users are reminded that, per ICPSR Bylaws, data
and other materials provided by ICPSR are to be used solely for
statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information, and not
for investigation of specific individuals or organizations. Each
member institution gives assurance that such uses of statistical data
will conform to widely accepted standards of practice and legal
restrictions that are intended to protect the confidentiality of
research subjects.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1997-01-22

Version History:

2008-01-31 The data have been reformatted and the
setup files updated.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 3
and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all
downloads.